Happy Birthday, Josh Grelle! Honestly I can say without hesitation that he isn't one of my favorite VAs affiliated with FUNimation and/or Sentai Filmworks; if anything, he's a tad overrated. However, he's also a very respectable voice actor with more range than expected. My favorite Grelle roles include Chiqicheetah, Tomohiko Kazami, Daedalus, Francois Vidocq, Armin Arlert, Ox Ford, Tyrian, Izayoi Sakamaki, and Fumikage Tokoyami. Josh also did quite a great job as Issei Hyoudo in DxD BorN.

Josh is just the best voice actor there is, period. not just because his voice is so unique but also because he can genuinely color it with any emotion.

may it be the firghtful and later emotionally detached Yukki in Future Diaries.
may it be Ludger and Victor in Tales of Xillia 2 where he portraits two alternate versions of the same entity that are so very different and even battle each other.
may it be frikking Sadao who can be so off-handedly dissmissive and sarcastic.
or may it be the reserved and analytical Ginoza from Psycho Pass.

"How does it feel to be powerless against these flames which consume you? Your flesh. Your entrails. I shall nourish my ambition until nothing remains but memory. Now let the feast of feasts begin! The time for the first sacrificial offering has begun! YOU'RE MINE!!"~Josh Grelle as Sadou Maou/Satan Jacob

I damn near fell off my chair when I found out that Satan's last name was Jacob.
Josh Grelle, you are my favorite voice actor. You are fantastic as SO many different kinds of characters! That's not a common quality-- You can play both the terrified cowardly idiot, the AWESOME badass cocky/arrogant GEINUS, the badass idiot, some person that you could very well qualify as an insane idiot, (okay I'm naming a bunch of idiot types) and you can play the badass intelligent man who just stays on the quiet side. Or, the awesome dude who just had a TERRIBLE accident and is now the harem king of one of the greatest romantic comedies of all time besides Ouran. *Cough* Shido from Date A Live *Cough*
I mean, Togami (DanganRonpa) and Armin (Attack on Titan) are VERY different people, yet you pulled them off WONDERFULLY! So are Yuki (The Future Diary) and Izayoi (Problem Children are Coming from Another World, Aren't They?), and I still wanna marry 'em both. (Not that I would go NEAR Yuki. . . . *Shudders*)
I'll list my Top 5 Josh Grelle characters:
1) Izayoi Samaki, from Problem Children are Coming from Another World, Aren't They?
2) Yukiteru Amano from The Future Diary
3) Byakura Togami from DanganRonpa: The Animation (Otherwise known as DanganRonpa: Trigger Happy Havoc!)
4) Sadao Maou from The Devil is a Part-Timer!
AAAAAAAANNNNNNNDDDD
5) Shido Itsuka from Date A Live

He's definitely an excellent VA able to pull off so many different kinds of roles but I'll be the first to admit that initially I wasn't the biggest fan of his work. I kinda blame that on the fact my first main experience when recognizing Josh was Yukiteru Amano from Future Diary....this wasn't a good first impression on me at all, I dropped the show only a few episodes in and I still consider it one of the worst FUNimation dubs ever.

However my opinion of him changed the moment I heard him voice Nobuchika Ginoza in Psycho-Pass who doesn't sound anything like a whiny little kid but sounds like a mature adult with a way deeper sounding voice than I've heard him do before. I thought he sounded really cool as Ginoza and I began to appreciate his voice work afterwards getting to here his range from a whiny kid to a mature adult.

I think my favourite role of the characters he's played so far is Sadao Maou in The Devil is a Part-Timer, another cool role that he got to do, that shows off his range, striking a perfect balance of cool, badass and adorkably endearing. A close runner-up is Kuranosuke Koibuchi in Princess Jellyfish, a really sweet male crossdresser with a heart of gold, Josh very much so impressed me here, he can do a woman like voice very well, probably one of the best takes a male VA who can do that I've heard thus far.

I also loved his performances as Akihisa Yoshii, Ox Ford, Femt, Hughes, Haruka Shigi, Hatsuya Kaitabi, Kotetsu, Echo and then there's his Armin Arlert (who while I still think he was miscast and should been Eren instead, the screams he did were bonechillingly powerful and then there's Issei Hyodo (while I still prefer Scott Freeman's take, I thought Josh did an admirable job taking over as Issei especially with his hot blooded screams, I'm sure that if we get more seasons of High School DXD and under better direction he might someday surpass Scott in the role.

I know I talk a lot about his screams but he's a friggin beast when it comes to do doing them, I really wish I could have seen him do Simon in Gurren Lagann back when ADV had the rights, even if Yuri Lowenthal was perfect in the end. I hope Josh gets to spread his wings and work in LA more often, I think he's proven himself numerous times and I still feel he hasn't shown us the full extent of the vocal range he's truly capable of.

The other day I started checking out the broadcast dub for Yuri on Ice and I have to say I'm really liking Josh's performance as Yuri Katsuki. This is a excellent fit for Josh and he plays the character really well.

I'm looking forward to his upcoming performance as Tanukichi Okuma in Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesnâ€™t Exist. That just seems like another role he'll do very well in and I've kept hearing a lot of great things about the show.

Happy birthday to Josh Grelle. From the cheek poking bard as Taliesin from Tears to Tiara; heroes like Armin Alert, Tapioca and Kenichi Shirahama; villains such as Akasha Shishidou and Akira Amamiya and "decisive" harem leads as Yamato Naoe and Ichika Orimura. Lastly, the verbal minimalist as Ludger Will Kresnik with his culinary and weapons skills.

just read on animenewsnetwork that he is one of the two that will replace Scott Frreeman in High School DxD Season 3 as Issei Hyoudou.
cant say I like that, but then again I know JG flar in roles and he is used to pervet characters. But, ah never mind. some will see.

I don't quite understand the appeal many fans have for Vic Mignogna or Todd Haberkorn (possibly because of the fact that they perform many of their fans' favorite characters), but Josh Grelle has shown to be insanely skilled and polite to his fanbase, even if he doesn't have the best characters.

Did anyone knew that he was the original voice for Simon on Gurren Lagann, back when Sentai Filmworks (formerly ADV Films) had the rights to the show before they lost them to Bandai Entertainment. still, even if it was for only five episodes, according to him, I'm pretty sure he enjoyed what little time he had to actually perform the role.

Happy Birthday, Josh. Ever since I've heard him as Kenichi and a few minor roles, I knew that he was going to stand out later on. And he did a darn good job as Armin, Ginoza, Oscar, Ludger, Victor and Thomas.

ARMIN :D
I'm so happy that he's armin. To my opinion, I was gonna think that armin's voice would sound a bit wierd, but then I heard this guy do it and to MY opinion, I thought he did excellent.
(Especially his scream in episode 5, HOLY CRAP!!)

@BlackSwordfish2419 i like todd and i heared him in characters like ren but his voice just doesn't fit for eren. maybe jason liebrecht or any other LA VAs mike mcfarland hires to work there. i'd be surprised if it is yuri lowenthal like everyone wanted considering the fact that it looks like his LA work is very busy

Wow REALLY! You've only suggested this at least 20 times around this site...

You're going to be heart broken if he doesn't get the role aren't you?

As for what I think, sure he might be a good fit but I wouldn't be surprised if a lesser known VA gets the part instead.

Grelle is a great actor but his voice is also very recognizable. Assuming ADR Directors and Producers care about their work it wouldn't be wise to have too many well known characters sound similar if they're voiced by the same person.

Kenichi Shirahama is without a doubt Grelle's most famous role so far and definitely a breakthrough for his career (no I'm not making this up; this is the consensus among fans of his and even he's acknowledged it).

If Grelle's Eren is just going to sound like Kenichi, for me it makes his Kenichi performance less unique and special.

Though if Grelle does voice Eren hopefully it's something new. Despite my username I'm actually not that easy to please for most things. :)

@Mr_Ecchi_Man well, yeah. i mean from the work i've seen, josh is the only one in my mind for funimation to give eren so much power and emotion and i might be right if funimation might make josh the next big thing in funimation like todd haberkorn.

heck, josh is also a big fan of the anime so i believe he'll capture the emotion of eren. and if he doesn't get the role instead of the newbie, i'll be freaking surprised if he voices either armin or levi eversince future diary was announced

@Spirit Macardi
Already aware of the situation but last I heard he's going to remain as Josh Grelle for the time being since the costs are very expensive. If there's any progress in the future, changes will be made to this page at that time

Wonder how to he divides his time between Funimation and Sentai Filmworks? Its good that he's getting video games work, whether its in L.A or in Texas. His acting over the years has matured to a point he could be doing prelay, playing multiple characters.